THE FIGHT
After you have
slayed the dragon
and are riding away
with the princess
holding on tightly
to you
Your noble steed
weighed down
with bags
of gold
After you have
razed
the dreaded
beast’s lair
laid waste to
everything it
held dear
A small price to pay
for the bittersweet
bedlam
it had spawned -
a challenge it
had taken up
in response to
your bright but steady
gaze
Indeed,
sometimes you wonder
if you provoked it
with your maelstrom
musings your
pandemic personality
but no - that’s wrong.
It crawled out
of its own accord
it had only itself to blame
After you have
crushed all of the
dreaded creature’s
treasures -
knick-knacks it had
stolen from
wayward travelers
- cruelly but
painstakingly.
You watch it
keening to starless
skies
its tears raining
down on
you
like fire and brimstone.
After you have
destroyed
the wicked monsters
moat
using what it used
as a defense to
drown it instead.
You are injured and
almost out
of hope -
but the princess
she gives you
something
to look forward to.
As you face off the
demonic/fiendish brute
for the last time -
you are close to
surrendering
but
something in its eyes
gives you
strength.
After you have dealt
the death blow
you stand with your
arms around your
Queen
- you watch it gasp
for breath
you watch it try to
fly away -
only to collapse,
its wings torn
you listen to it
whimper
you watch it
struggle -
death throes
really are
time consuming.
But you wait
and watch
as it writhes
and roars and
finally
stops moving.
After you have
slayed the dragon
and are riding away
After you have
slayed the dragon
the princess holding on
tightly to you
After you have
slayed the dragon -
your noble steed
weighed down
with bags
of gold
After you have
slayed the dragon
you do not glance
back.
After you have
slayed –
I lie on my back.
The ground is cold
Black skies
reflected in my
dying eyes.
My fiery breath
are now clouds of
bleeding smoke.
As I fade away I
suddenly remember
your steady
gaze
I can still hear
your horse as
it gallops
away.
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